England 2015 said there were “several important lessons” that could be learned from that chaos.

It said queues for trains outside Cardiff Central took between three and four hours to clear compared to waits of between 60 and 90 minutes at Wembley and between one and two hours at Twickenham.

Queues of rugby fans waiting for trains outside Cardiff Central Station after the Wales v Uruguay Rugby World Cup match

So train bosses are keen to make improvements ahead of next year’s Champions League final , which will take place at the Principality Stadium on June 3 in front of an expected capacity crowd of more than 74,000.

Queen Street station is normally closed after big events at the stadium but on Saturday it will be used to accommodate passengers using Valley Lines services while those travelling to Bridgend and further west will queue from the rear of Central Station.